Isaiah 27:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.”

Isaiah 27:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Isaiah 27:121 words

HebrewMeaning

בַּ/יּ֣וֹםbaywōm

daypronH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הַ/ה֡וּאhahwʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

יִפְקֹ֣דyipəqōd

appointverbH6485

at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···

יְהוָה֩yəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

בְּ/חַרְב֨/וֹbəḥarəbwō

axepronH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

הַ/קָּשָׁ֜הhaqāšāh

churlishparticleH7186

cruel · grievous · hard · thing) ···

וְ/הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֣הwəhagədwōlāh

elderconjH1419

aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···

וְ/הַֽ/חֲזָקָ֗הwəhaḥăzāqāh

harderconjH2389

hottest · impudent · loud · mighty ···

עַ֤לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

לִוְיָתָן֙liwəyātān

leviathannounH3882

mourning

נָחָ֣שׁnāḥāš

serpentnounH5175

בָּרִ֔חַbāriḥa

crookedadjH1281

noble · piercing

וְ/עַל֙wəʿal

aboveconjH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

לִוְיָתָ֔ןliwəyātān

leviathannounH3882

mourning

נָחָ֖שׁnāḥāš

serpentnounH5175

עֲקַלָּת֑וֹןʿăqalātwōn

crookedadjH6129

וְ/הָרַ֥גwəhārag

destroyconjH2026

out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/תַּנִּ֖יןhataniyn

dragonparticleH8577

sea-monster · serpent · whale

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

בַּ/יָּֽםbayām

sea ( -faring manpronH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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